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Hanni156
Vietnam

Please help me!
 
I am rather confused between " PROLONG" and " EXTEND". Can you help me distinguish
Ex: Remember not to EXTEND your stay here; the children need you to play with at home>
Why can �t I use Prolong in this case? Thanks

23 Jun 2014      





nasreddine Sarsar
Tunisia

You may extend:
A firewall
A building
A visit (prolong a visit)
A contact
You may prolong: 
A situation
Somebody �s life
A conversation
A deadline (extend a deadline, too)

23 Jun 2014     



yanogator
United States

"Extend your stay" is a fixed expression, but it wouldn �t be wrong to say "prolong your stay".
 
"Prolong" is specifically for time, but "extend" is for time or length.
 
I don�t think "prolong a deadline" works, because the deadline is the endpoint, which you can�t actually make longer. We say "extend a deadline".
 
Bruce

23 Jun 2014